Lgbtq
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the first bisexual Superman
While the new Superman is not the first LGBTQ comic book character, he is arguably the most recognisable.
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Netflix defends Chappelle, suspends staff in transgender row
The stand-up star has courted controversy with 'The Closer' in which he asserts 'gender is a fact,' and criticises what he says is the thin skin of the trans community.
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Organisers postpone Gay Games, citing Hong Kong travel curbs
Modelled on the Olympics, the Games are held every four years and feature both LGBTQ and straight athletes to promote a message of inclusivity and equal rights.
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LGBTQ community takes over Twitter #ProudBoys hashtag
The social media campaign took off over the weekend after the Proud Boys - designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center - garnered headlines following last week's US presidential debate during which President Donald Trump was asked to condemn white supremacists.
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Bolivia's first transgender news anchor puts LGBTQ issues front and centre
Leonie Dorado, the new co-host of Bolivian programme Aby Ayala TV, covers LGBTQ issues in her role, drawing on her own transition and life experience as a trans person.
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He, she, they: Americans and the choice of gender pronoun
The 23-year-old represents a growing trend among progressive Americans, who are claiming a right to choose their own pronoun, regardless of their sex at birth.
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Biden will 'withhold' foreign aid if countries discriminate against LGBTQ people
Biden, the front-runner in the Democratic race, struggled to articulate his positions during the previous forum.
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Lady Gaga crashes Stonewall rally in New York
Admonishing Donald Trump's White House as an 'extremely oppressive administration', the artist encouraged her audience to 'love each other, raise your voice, and, my gosh, vote. Don't forget to vote!'
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Change of (Kevin) Hart... Actor reflects on tweet controversy
Kevin Hart says he didn't say the word 'sorry' at first because he believed the 'best way to say sorry' was 'never doing it again'.
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Canadian serial killer pleads guilty to murder of eight people
Toronto police have been criticised by some in the LGBTQ community for taking years to solve disappearances dating back to at least 2010 in the Gay Village neighbourhood.
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A precarious haven: Africa's LGBT+ refugees teeter on the brink in Kenya
Largely forgotten, say campaigners, are the hundreds of LGBT+ refugees - predominantly from Uganda - forced to live in the shadows and pushed to the brink due to a lack of protection.
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US mulls revoking recognition of transgender people: report
It is the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to chip away at protections for the LGBTQ community.
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Hong Kong court grants British lesbian right to spousal visa
The British woman sued the director of immigration in 2014 after she was denied a spousal visa that would have granted her resident status and allowed her to work.
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Stormzy apologises after homophobic tweets
The 24-year-old grime artist wrote a number of tweets in which he used slurs against gay people whilst watching the BBC series ‘School For Stars’.
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LGBT community faces ‘invisible’ Hollywood summer movie season
GLAAD has said that only 23 of the 125 films released by the seven major Hollywood studios in 2016 includes LGBTQ characters.
